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Oregon’s Occupational Therapy Workforce Based on data collected during 2016 and 2017
These fact sheets provide a snapshot of the state’s occupational therapy workforce using data collected by the Oregon Health Authority in collaboration with
the Oregon Occupational Therapy Licensing Board.
The mission of the Oregon Occupational Therapy Licensing Board is to
protect the public by supervising occupational therapy practice.
The board is responsible for protecting the health, safety and welfare of
individuals who receive occupational therapy services in Oregon. The
role of the board is to investigate complaints and take appropriate
action; make and enforce laws and rules regarding occupational
therapy practice; establish continuing education requirements;
process applications and issue license and renewals; collect fees and
authorize disbursements of funds.
Workforce data were collected for occupational therapists (OT) and
occupational therapy assistants (OTA) and are presented as individual
occupational profiles.
If you would like more information about the Oregon Occupational
Therapy Licensing Board, please visit: https://www.oregon.gov/OTLB
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Estimated direct patient care FTE by county (includes all occupations within this factsheet)
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Occupational therapists (OT)
Workforce demographics
Age Gender
All subsequent data presented are from OTs who held an active license as of January 2018 and were
actively practicing in Oregon at the time of Health Care Workforce Survey completion (n=1,282).
Oregon’s OT supply over time
9.4% of workforce declined to answer or data is missing for race and ethnicity.
Licensed OTs
Estimated working OTs
Estimated OT direct patient care FTE
Lower value & lighter color is better
Estimated population-to-provider ratio*
† Race and ethnicity — workforce compared with population
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Occupational therapists (OT)
Workforce supply
Practice settings and specialties
How OTs spend their time
Top 5 practice settings
Number of years licensed in Oregon
Top 5 specialties
Practice plans in the next two yearsOTs work an average of
31.3 hours per week.
42.6% of OTs work at least
40 hours each week.
On average, OTs spend 71.5% of
their time in direct patient care.
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Occupational therapy assistants (OTA)
Workforce demographics
Age Gender
All subsequent data presented are from OTAs who held an active license as of January 2018 and were
actively practicing in Oregon at the time of Health Care Workforce Survey completion (n=309).
Oregon’s OTA supply over time
8.1% of workforce declined to answer or data is missing for race and ethnicity.
Licensed OTAs
Estimated working OTAs
Estimated OTA direct patient care FTE
Lower value & lighter color is better
Estimated population-to-provider ratio*
† Race and ethnicity — workforce compared with population
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Workforce supply
Practice settings and specialties
How OTAs spend their time
Top 5 practice settings
Number of years licensed in Oregon
Top 5 specialties
Practice plans in the next two yearsOTAs work an average of
32.9 hours per week.
37.9% of OTAs work at
least 40 hours each week.
On average, OTAs spend 78.8% of
their time in direct patient care.
Occupational therapy assistants (OTA)
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Footnotes:
* Ratio based on total estimated direct patient care FTE in county.
† Licensees who did not report race and ethnicity data are excluded from the charts. Racial categories exclude Hispanic.
‡ Leave the Oregon workforce includes those planning to retire, move to practice out of state, or leave the occupation.
Accessibility:
You can get this document in other languages, large print, braille, or a format you prefer. Contact the Oregon Health
Authority Director’s Office at 503-947-2340 or [email protected].
About these fact sheets:
The Health Care Workforce Reporting Program (HWRP) collects workforce-related information directly from health care
professionals via a questionnaire embedded in the license renewal process. Data reported in this fact sheet were
collected during a two-year period (2016-2017). Health care professionals with a completed survey during this time
period and an active license in January 2018 were included in this report. Please refer to the HWRP’s General Methods
documentation on the website for further details.
For more information about methodology and results, visit:
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/hpa/analytics/Pages/Health-Care-Workforce-Reporting.aspx
For questions about this report, contact:
Health Care Workforce Reporting Program
Research and Data
Oregon Health Authority
971-283-8792
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Additional data sources:
• Population Research Center. Population estimates and reports: certified population estimates, July 1, 2017
[Internet]. Portland, OR: Portland State University; 2017 [cited 2019 August 7]. Available from: https://
www.pdx.edu/prc/population-reports-estimates
• U.S. Census Bureau: American Fact Finder. American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2013—2017: Hispanic or
Latino origin by race (table name B03002, geography of Oregon). Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau: American
Fact Finder; 2018 [updated 2019 February 7; cited 2019 August 7]. Available from https://factfinder.census.gov/
faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t#acsST
Suggested Citation:
Oregon Health Authority. (2019). Oregon’s occupational therapy workforce: Based on data collected during 2016 and
2017. Portland, OR: Oregon Health Authority.
Appendix A: Estimated count, FTE in direct patient care, and population-to-provider FTE ratio by county
County PopulationEstimated
CountEst. Patient
Care FTEEstimated
CountEst. Patient
Care FTEBAKER 16,750 6 3.9 4,279 0 0.0 -BENTON 92,575 33 19.0 4,875 4 3.1 29,434CLACKAMAS 413,000 189 96.1 4,296 40 23.8 17,351CLATSOP 38,820 18 10.4 3,748 7 4.5 8,566COLUMBIA 51,345 7 1.6 31,639 3 1.5 35,181COOS 63,310 21 12.0 5,284 6 3.4 18,508CROOK 22,105 0 0.0 - 1 0.6 35,429CURRY 22,805 6 2.0 11,137 3 1.0 22,443DESCHUTES 182,930 108 57.0 3,207 7 6.1 29,995DOUGLAS 111,180 29 19.6 5,684 10 7.9 14,127GILLIAM 1,995 0 0.0 - 0 0.0 -GRANT 7,415 1 0.6 12,016 0 0.0 -HARNEY 7,360 0 0.0 - 0 0.0 -HOOD RIVER 25,145 14 9.1 2,752 1 0.6 40,539JACKSON 216,900 108 65.5 3,312 23 17.6 12,305JEFFERSON 23,190 4 1.7 13,970 0 0.0 -JOSEPHINE 85,650 29 19.2 4,465 13 9.3 9,161KLAMATH 67,690 17 9.6 7,067 4 3.6 18,571LAKE 8,120 1 1.4 5,839 0 0.0 -LANE 370,600 136 74.9 4,947 53 35.3 10,492LINCOLN 47,960 11 8.8 5,474 0 0.0 -LINN 124,010 24 12.4 9,982 19 12.8 9,662MALHEUR 31,845 7 4.3 7,343 10 5.8 5,485MARION 339,200 157 85.6 3,963 47 30.7 11,042MORROW 11,890 1 1.4 8,550 0 0.0 -MULTNOMAH 803,000 517 287.5 2,793 117 72.6 11,055POLK 81,000 7 2.2 36,983 4 2.8 29,115SHERMAN 1,800 0 0.0 - 0 0.0 -TILLAMOOK 26,175 4 3.1 8,366 4 2.0 12,868UMATILLA 80,500 10 6.6 12,120 9 6.1 13,176UNION 26,900 6 3.3 8,236 0 0.0 -WALLOWA 7,195 1 1.4 5,174 0 0.0 -WASCO 27,100 14 7.5 3,600 4 2.6 10,427WASHINGTON 595,860 256 139.6 4,269 48 29.2 20,400WHEELER 1,480 0 0.0 - 0 0.0 -YAMHILL 106,300 38 18.2 5,836 10 7.8 13,688STATEWIDE 4,141,100 1,782 986 4,202 451 291 14,229Note: Circles indicate whether county has no providers (red) or is above (yellow) or below (green) the statewide ratio by 50%.Population-to-provider ratios are based on the estimated patient care FTE in the county. Values greater than the county population are due to less than 1.0 FTE in county.
Occupational therapists Occupational therapy assistantsPop-to-Prov
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